Bob Balfe
Marlins -125
The Marlins are great against left handed starters this season and I just don’t like where the Reds are at. This is a team that threw in the towel pretty early this season and I don’t like them in games which on paper are close against winning baseball teams. This club is doing a great job of finding ways to lose in these spots.
Stephen Nover
Texas -156
There are pitchers with strong home/road tendencies. Texas' Martin Perez is one of those. The lefty is 1-7 with a 6.00 in 12 road starts this season, but 6-1 with a 2.47 ERA at home.
Perez is at his finest pitching at home versus sub .500 opponents. That's the spot here. The Rangers are 12-2 the past 14 times Perez has pitched in Arlington against a foe with a losing record. The Rangers have one of the more underrated bullpens after trading for Jeremy Jeffress to go with Matt Bush and closer Sam Dyson.
The A's are 5-11 in their last 16 games and have dropped 13 of their last 17 when facing a southpaw starter.
Trades and injuries have left the A's thin in the starting rotation. So journeyman Ross Detwiler gets another start. Detwiler came up from the minors to post his first victory as a starter since 2013 this past Wednesday in his Oakland debut after the Indians traded him.
The Rangers are well acquainted with Detwiler. They released him last season after he went 0-5 with a 7.12 ERA in 17 appearances, including five start